Improvement in spooling-guides



A. PARTRIDGE. SPOOLING-GUIDES.

N. 195,zza, razenyea se ma,1 877;

UNITED STATEs GFFIOE.

ANDREW PARTRIDGE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR-TO HJMSELF ANDT. A. CURTIS, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPOOLlNG-GUIDES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,228, datedSeptember 18, 1877; application filed July 27, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LANDREW PARTRIDGE, of Springfield, in the State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Spooling- Guide; and thatthe following is a full, clear,

and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to cause the thread or yarn to pass freelyto the spool without undue or uneven wear of any particular part of theguide,or injury to the thread, to cause the thread to be wound upon thespool uniformly, and to clean the thread from bunches and dirt, and makeit of more uniform'size and quality. v

To this end my invention consists of a beam made of an elongated convexform on its upper side, or partially cylindrical, with a plate attachedthereto, having a horizontal slot or recess made therein to permit thethread to traverse horizontally in a direction at right angles to itsline of draft. An opening is made in the said plate from the top orupper edge down into said horizontal slot, at such an angle or in suchform that a thread passing through the slot at right angles to itslength will not passout of the opening, and

the upper edge of the plate is inclined up- Ward each way from theopening. The beam is provided with a vertical opening in front of theplate, to permit the dirt and matter cleaned from the thread or yarn tofall through readily.

Figure I is a plan or top view of my invention; Fig. II is a front viewof the same. Fig. III is a vertical transverse section at line F of Fig.II. Fig. IV is a rear View of the guide as arranged for use. Fig. V is arear view of the beam with the plate removed. Fig. VI is an end view ofthe same, and Fig. VII is a reverse or bottom view of the guide with theplate attached.

In the drawings, A represents the beam,

made cylindrical on its upper side, or partially so, over and upon whichpasses the thread while being wound, and G is a spindle or stem insertedtherein, by which the guide is secured to the rail of aspoofing-machine;

and a vertical elongated hole or slot, 2', is made down through thebeam, to permit the dirtto fall through. p

The plate B is provided witha longitudinal slot or recess, a, into whichprojects the part eof the beam when the plate is secured in place,andthe slot a is made somewhat wider than the depth of the part 8, sothat when the plate is secured in position there may be a small spacebetween the upper edge of the slot a and the upper edge of the part c ofthe beam,

.as shown clearly in Figs. II, III, and IV.

This space in the slot above the beam may be increased or diminished toaccommodate different sizes of yarn or thread by making the plate Badjustable in a vertical direction with reference to the beam, which maybe done by making the holes a elongated, through which the screws h areinserted to attach the plate to the beam, as shown clearly in Fig. IV;but

when only one size of thread or yarn is used theplate will not requirean adjustment.

' If the upper edge of the slot a. isbeveled upward from the front tothe back, or the up per edge of the part c of the beam is beveleddownward from the front to the back, or both, as shown clearly in Fig.III, so that the slot in the plate above the beam is Widest, ormore openon the rear side, the slot will not be liable to get clogged with dirt,as it will easily fallthrough.

An opening or out, o, is made diagonally across the thickness of theplate B at its lowest part, as shown in FigsJI, II, and IV, so

that a thread of yarn pressed down upon any part of the upper, edge ofthe plate B will slide down the incline on either side of the opening 6,and down through the latter into the slot 0!. above the beam, and, whenonce in, the thread cannot be removed from the slot, unless either theguide or the thread is turned, so that the latter andthe opening 0 areboth in the same line.

Of course, this cut or opening 0 may be curved or zigzag, as well asstraight, so long as its general direction across the thickness of theplate issuch as to prevent the thread from getting accidentally out ofthe horizontal slot 00 while being wound.

In Fig. I the dotted line E represents the direction of the thread oryarn when beingv wound, and passing through the slot directly beneaththe opening 0. v

I prefer to insert a small pin, as shown at f, into the beam, or attacha small disk, as shown at the opposite end of the guide, just insideeach end of the horizontal slot a, so that, should the thread or yarnget accidentally pushed into or against the end of the slot, it will notget caught in the joints and broken.

In practice I prefer to make the beam hollow, as shown in Figs. III, V,and VII, to lighten the guide and save stock.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The stem G is properlysecured to the rail of the spoofing-machine in the usual manner, and theplate B is so adjusted with reference to thebeam, or to the part 0thereof, by means of the screws h, as to give the desired width of theslot a, above the beam, according to the size of thread to be wound. Theend of the thread is then seized and the latter drawn from the bobbin,passed over the guide, and attached to the spool, and is then droppeddown upon the upper edge of the plate B, and, as the speed of therevolving spool draws the thread taut, it slides down the incline oneither side of the opening 0, through the latter, and into thehorizontal slot at, and rests upon and slides over the convex surface ofthe .beam, the line of draft of the thread being through the slot at atright angles (or nearly so) to its length, and at the same angle to theplane of the plate B. When the thread is first begun to be wound uponthe spool, the line of draft of the thread will be near one end of theguide, as indicated by the dotted line G, and as the spool becomes moreand more filled, the thread moves gradually along the slot wand beam, ina horizontal direction, until, when the spool is nearly or quite filled,the line of draft of the thread, in passing through the guide, will beabout in the position indicated by the dotted line I at the opposite endof the slot a. I

By this lateral movement of the thread, at nearly aright angle to itsline of draft, the thread passes to the spool in aline nearlyperpendicular to the plane of the plate B, instead of being drawn aroundand against a corner, as is the case with the guides now in use. That isto say, as the guides are ordinarily constructed (there being noprovision for the lateral or horizontal movement of the thread along theguide) the thread, when first wound upon the spool, is drawn through theguide in such a manner or at such an angle as to bear hard against onecorner and in one place. When the spool is about half filled the threadpasses.

straight to the spool with little friction; but when the spool is nearlyfilled the thread bears against the opposite corner, and, in one place,with increased friction.

Of course, the result is that the thread is pulled harder at certaintimes than at others,

or is under an uneven tension while the spool is being wound, so that itbreaks oftene'r, and the thread is wound upon the spool more tightly insome places than in others. The constant wearing of the thread in oneplace in the guide also operates to cut a channel in the guide, and itis soon unfit for use.

My invention entirely obviates all trouble of this nature, while thewear of the guide, caused by the thread passing over it constantly, fromone end to the other, is evenly distributed over its whole lengthbetween the twoends of the slot, or between the guardpins f, andoperates to give the'beam A a perfectly even and uniform surface. Infact, owing to this even distribution of the wear of surface of theguide, the latter is improved by.

use.

The width of the slot at above the beam may be adjusted to suit threador yarn of any size, so that as the thread passes between the upper sideof the slot and the upper edge of the beam, or of the part 0 thereon,the thread will rub against both edges slightly, and all bunches, unevenplaces, and dirt will be' If only one uniform size of thread is to beused, the beam A and plate B might be made in one piece, and the slot amade in the vertical part, instead of making the beam and plate separateand adjustable one with the other. v

Havingrthus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. In aspoofing-guide, the plate or upright part B, provided with a horizontalslot or opening, a, and an opening or cut, c, made, diagonally acrossthe thickness of the upright part into said horizontal opening a,substan-. tially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. In a spoofing-guide, the beam A, provided with the verticalopening'i, in combination with the plate or upright part B, having thehorizontal slot or opening wand the diagonal opening 0 made therein,substantially as set forth.

3. In a spooling-guide, the plate or upright part B, provided with thehorizontal opening a, in combination with the beam A, having its rearpart e located beneath the upper edge of the opening a, said uprightpart and beam being made adjustable with reference to each other, sothat the space in said opening a above the beam may be made wideror'narrower, to accommodate thread of different sizes to be passedthrough said opening a substantially as described.

4. In combination with the upright'part B and the beam A, the guard f,located near theend of the horizontal opening a, 'substantially as andfor the purpose described.

ANDREW PARTRIDGE. Witnesses: T. A. CURTIS,

E. A. THAYER.

